… it just has to sound plausible

The future we used to have – special

These jetpunk posts are chiefly meant to be eye candy for those who like retro-futurist stuff, especially machines. Cars. Rockets. Aeroplanes. Submarines. Ships. Moon bases. Space stations. Stuff like that. So it occurred to me I might as well do the occasional post focusing on only one of those. And I could make it a sort of top ten. Like Top Trumps.

So, first up, it’s aircraft. These are my own choices, the ten military aeroplanes I find most emblematic of the future we used to have…

There’s a Jimmy Stewart film called Strategic Air Command in which he captains a B-36, and then transfers to a B-47. It’s basically an extended recruiting film for SAC, but it’s great if you like Cold War bombers.